Interactive Explainers
Eight ways to understand just how deep the privacy rabbit hole goes. Bring your anger.
Accept All Cookies
What actually happens when you click that goddamn button. A step-by-step journey into the cookie hellscape.
A Day in Your Digital Life
Click through a typical day and watch the data points pile up. Spoiler: it's over 1,000 and that's fucking terrifying.
What We Say vs What We Do
Side-by-side stats proving we're all full of shit about privacy. Every number is sourced.
The People vs. Google LLC
A comprehensive indictment of Google's monopoly, surveillance machine, and dark pattern empire. 7 counts. All sourced.
The Dark Web & Tor Network
What the dark web actually is, how Tor routing works, who uses it, and what every news story gets wrong. 4 parts. All sourced.
The Convenience Trap
Would you choose privacy if you had it? Or is the tracking making you stupider and you just don't mind? A philosophical argument. Hacker perspective. Orwell. Fully sourced.
The Search Engine Graveyard
AltaVista, Excite, Lycos, Ask Jeeves — who killed them and why. Then: the search engines still fighting, and a concrete recommendation for what to use instead of Google.
VPN Reality Check
What VPNs actually protect you from. What they don't. Who owns the major providers. The no-log policy failures. The three that are legitimately trustworthy. All sourced.